Track for door-hangers.



UNiTED STATES l' ATENTl OFFICE.

HENRY L. FERRIS, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE FIRM OF HUNT, HELM, FERRIS dr COMPANY, OF HARVARD, ILLINOIS.

TRACK FOR DOOR-HANGERS.

SPECIFICATION fo'. ing part of Letters Patent No. 709,314, dated September 16, 1902.

Application filed April 23, 1902. Serial No. 104,233. (No model.)

To all whom, it may con/cern:

Be it known that I, HENRY L. FERRIS, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Harvard, in the county of McHenry and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tracks for Door- Hangers, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in tracks for door-hangers; and its object is to produce a track which shall be strong and comparatively light and cheap to construct and which shall furthermore be easy to` put up. Y A

To these ends my invention consists in certain novel features of construction, which are shown in the accompanying drawings and fully set forth in this specication.

In `the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of my improved track, showing certain portions broken away. Fig. 2 is a perspective of the end of a section of my improved "track, and Fig. 3 is a perspective of a coupling-block which extends from section to section.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the track, which is preferably formed of a strip of sheet inetahand itis lient over at the upper edge and downward a short distance, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2, to form an overhanging portion a. The whole track is, therefore, in cross-section an inverted U having one side considerably shorter than the other. Upon cach Section of track, near the ends and also at other places along its length, is secured a bracket B. The bracket B consists of two portions b b in line with each other and perforated to receive screws or nails whereby the bracket may be Secured upon the wall, two inwardly-extending portions b2 b3, the `portion b2 extending approximately at right angles to the wall and the portion b3 preferably extending at an inclination thereto, as shown in Fig. 2, and two portions b4 b5 at right angles with each other, as shown, the portion b5 being parallel to the Wall and riveted to the track and the portion b4 being at right angles to the wall and in contact with the lower edge of the recurved portion rt of the track. The particular shape of this bracket is immaterial; but I consider it very desirable that one portion of the bracket be parallel to and in line with the main face of the bracket and the other portion be at right angles thereto and be in contact with the over-hanging portion a. The advantages of this construction are very obvious. The track gets a much firmer seat upon the bracket than is otherwise possible by reason of the fact that the overhanging portion rests on the bracket. This prevents the track from bending or iiattening out under the weight of a heavy door andis particularly desirable for that reason. In practice I have found that one bracket every foot, or thereabout, is quite sufficient to support the track and keep it in proper shape.

Inasrnuch as in most cases it is necessary to use more than one section of track for a door, I have provided the connecting device herein shown. At one endof each section of track (the right-hand end as shown. herein) is a block of metal C of the shape shown in Fig. 3. The main portion of this block is of just sufficient size to tinto the groove formed by the recurving of the track-strip A. Upon this block are two downwardly-projecting lugs c c, which are just far enough apart to embrace one of the supporting brackets. This block O is placed in the groove of the track and the bracket then riveted in place, as shown in Fig. 1, thus holding the block C in place, longitudinal motion being prevented by the lugs c c. One end of the block C eX- tends beyond the end of the section, forming a projecting lug c of the same shape as the groove in the track. In putting up the tracks each section of track is slipped up over the projecting lug o of the last section, and the tracks are thereby perfectly alined and made firm. This is a very simple and effective method of connection between the tracks, and it is very cheap to construct.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. In a device of the class described, the combination with a sheet-metal strip having its upper edge recurved to form a short downwardly-extending portion, the curve thereby forming a track, of a bracket secured to said strip in contact with said short downwardlyprojecting portion,substantially as described.

2. In a device of the class described, the

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combination with an inverted- U-shaped track, of a bracket secured to one of the sides of said track and in contact with the edge of the other side of said track, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination with a U- shaped track, of a bracket supporting the same, a block in the groove of said, track adapted to embrace said bracket, being .thereby secured against 1ongitudinal movement with respect to said track, said block being a means of connection between the sections of track, substantially as described.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with an inverted- U-shaped track having one shorter side, of a bracket secured to the longer side of said U-shaped track and HENRY L. FERRIS.

Witnesses:

CHAs. O. SHERVEY, S. BLIss. 

